The penultimate quantity of the potent Riftwar Cycle conflict rages in Midkemia yet in the back of the chaos there's disquieting proof of darkish forces at paintings. Jim Dasher's often infallible intelligence community has been cleverly dismantled; nowhere is secure. He feels that the area is coming aside on the seams and is helpless to guard his country.

In the course of the darkish years after the conflict of Souls, chaos threatens the once-mighty empire of Solamnia. Goblins raid even fortified towns, and bandits rule nice sections of the geographical region. The ruling dukes, lords, and knights bicker and backstab. via this chaos, James Markham, aided through his steadfast dwarven better half and a stunning white robed wizard, wields his flaming sword to uphold the rules on which Solamnia was once based.

Pol Detson, son of Lord Det of Rondoval, has come domestic. he's now a strong sorceror of unsurpassed ordinary skill - in an international the place the facility of magic is the one type that issues. yet Pol continues to be an untrained expertise, a 'MADWAND'.

To take keep an eye on of his powers, to rule in his father's position, he needs to live on laborious education and a stupendous initiation into the rites of sorcery. As pals, Pol has one dragon and one thief. As enemies he has the main robust wizards of the land. And no less than certainly one of them wishes him useless.

About the writer Zelazny wrote many novels, brief tales, and novellas, together with Nebula and Hugo Award winners 24 perspectives OF MOUNT FUJI, via HOKUSAI, PERMAFROST and residential IS THE HANGMAN.

From manhattan occasions bestselling writer L. E. Modesitt comes historical past of Cyador, the hot novel within the Saga of Recluce.
Scarcely a yr after the occasions of Cyador's Heirs, Lerial makes use of his mastery of Order and Chaos, the competing common forces that form his global and outline the magic that exists inside it, to absolutely spoil an Afritan army strength crossing into Cigoerne.

Five years later, Lerial, now an overcaptain and a box commander of Cigoerne's replicate Lancers, needs to lead 3 businesses of troops into Afrit on a challenge of mutual curiosity: neighboring Heldya is threatening to invade Afrit, and if that country falls, Cigoerne is sure to be next.

The venture is either gentle and hazardous; Lerial's worth within the attempt to repelling Heldya is indisputable, yet his stricken background opposed to Afrit may possibly reopen previous wounds that may by no means actually heal.

A shell protects and shields life. It seemed a good natural essence to try to anchor an involution on. The way a knife maker anchors an involution 32 The Sharing Knife } Horizon into the bone of a sharing knife, although that cup is made to hold a death, and this . . ” Dag had made his first sharing knife bare weeks back, in the aftermath of the horrors of the bandit cave. Barr and Remo had been wildly impressed; having met Dag’s knife-maker brother Dar, Fawn had been less surprised. ” said Remo.

Usually, but I’ll see what I can lay in,” said Dag. ” They trudged onward past a hamlet boasting an inn of sorts, but they still had two hours of daylight left for walking; only Fawn looked back 44 The Sharing Knife } Horizon in regret. When dusk descended, they found a high spot off the road to make a camp. Fawn was not impressed with its comforts, although the boys did get a fire going despite the damp. She unpacked their food and shared it around. Dag and Barr were soon heads down over the offending boots.

To the amazement of all their kin, no young Clearcreeks gratified their dire predictions by falling overboard and drowning, so he’d taken them every year thereafter. It seemed a colorful life to Fawn’s eyes, but flatboats and keelboats both were thin of female companionship. She suspected Berry thought Fawn was Whit’s best present to her, too. Loud clumping from the front deck brought the whole company out to find Whit holding the reins of a small piebald mare, and Remo muffling the smirk of a successful conspirator.